Tag: Chemistry

  • ITC TVC: ‘Engage’ in playful chemistry

    ITC TVC: ‘Engage’ in playful chemistry

    MUMBAI: Engage, a fragrance brand, has unveiled a new thematic campaign to introduce its range of pure intense perfume sprays for men and women. In this new television commercial, Engage reflects on its brand core to capture the intrigue and excitement of couples in love, engaging in playful chemistry. It highlights the pulse points in the body that are best for spritzing and make the fragrance last longer.

    The film directed by Whitelight Films’ Subir Chatterjee, explores an important aspect of desire. The TVC opens with a woman standing in front of a mirror. She picks up a bottle of Engage perfume and sprays a little on the nape of her neck. Instantly, a man’s reflection appears in the mirror. He gently places a kiss on her neck where she sprayed. But as she turns to look at him she realizes that she is fantasizing. Fascinated, she sprays again on the other side of her neck and he is magically back again, planting another deeper kiss. She is now naughtily enjoying the game and sprays Engage on her wrist and eagerly looks in the mirror. This time he entwines his fingers with hers and raises it to his lips and she simply tilts her head enjoying the moment.

    Meanwhile in the man’s room, Engage kindles a similar fantasy of playful romance. As Engage envelops him in its fragrance, the woman’s hands glide over him. They can’t wait to bring the fantasy alive and are excited to see each other. The film is a refreshing new take on playful chemistry and beautifully captures desire in courtship, romance and sensuality that the fragrance evokes. Where do you want to be kissed?

    J. Walter Thompson SVP & NCD Tista Sen said, “The new communication focusses on the longing and yearning that perfume can evoke in romance. Imagination and fantasy is captured through young lovers who cannot wait to meet. Perfume on the pulse points heightens ‘playful chemistry’ which is the raison d’être of the brand and brings lovers together through a powerful line that says it all: where do you want to be kissed?

    When a fragrance is applied on the pulse points, the fragrance tends to diffuse more due to the heat of the blood on the pulse points such as wrists, ankles, belly button, behind the ears, neck, etc. Fragrance is a volatile blend and warmer parts of the body will make the notes diffuse as well as form an intense trail wherever you go. Engage Perfume Sprays with heart and base notes of amber, wood and musk tend to linger on the skin much longer.

    ITC CEO – personal care products business Sameer Satpathy  added, “Engage is synonymous with the proposition of ‘playful chemistry’, and the new thematic campaign ‘The Fantasy’ further reinforces its strong credentials as a perfume of choice for couples in love. With the evolving attitude and lifestyle of consumers, the segment offers an enormous opportunity to educate and drive category growth. Spritzing on pulse points is an important aspect rooted in the core of desirability and a perfume spray’s functionality”.

  • Myntra signs on Chemistry & AKS, targets 10x growth & $1 bn valuation

    MUMBAI: Myntra, a leading destination for fashion and lifestyle online, has announced the launch of its Accelerator Programme.

    Through this initiative, Myntra is looking at forging strategic partnerships with about 10-15 local fashion brands that have a strong founding team and unique design sensibility. The program is designed to accelerate growth of these brands through technical, know how, analytics and branding support from Myntra.

    Myntra has signed partnerships with two brands, Chemistry and AKS and has five more brands in the pipeline. Chemistry is a trendy fashion brand for women, who want to stand apart from generic fashion. With a reach of about half a million customers at present, its association with Myntra through the Accelerator programme is expected to take it to three million customers in the next three years. AKS is an ethnic wear brand for the modern day Indian women. The brand’s strong product value proposition has helped it scale to a $6 million annual GMV in three years. Under Accelerator, it is expected to witness a growth of 10X over the next three years.

    Myntra-Jabong CEO Ananth Narayanan said, “We believe that the next 3-5 years will see the emergence of many new national brands. As leaders, Myntra and Jabong are well positioned to work closely with some of these emerging brands to propel them to the national stage.”

    The brands will be able to leverage our core strengths – largest mass premium customer base and data driven insights on consumer, while also getting operational support. We are looking at creating about $ 1 billion incremental valuation for the Myntra Accelerator brands over the next three years.

    CEO Chemistry Sunil Jhangiani said, “Being an offline brand with a strong foundation, our association with Myntra opens up a new world of opportunities for us in terms of reach, visibility and volumes through the online channel. Myntra’s expertise in building successful online brands over the years, backed by strong technological support will aid us in shaping the future of Chemistry and establishing it as one of the foremost fashion brands in the country. We expect the online sales to become 50% of the brand sales in 3-5 years.”

    AKS founder Nidhi Yadav added, “As an online-first brand, we started small with a passion for design and identity. By associating with Myntra, we are taking the first major step towards creating a national brand. Myntra’s ability to build brands through digital marketing, capture and provide insights on customer behavior and enable reach to eight million+ women shoppers will be a game changer for our brand.”

    With successful in-house brands such as Roadster and HRX, Myntra has the know-how of creating brands that have the potential to be category leaders. An online-first approach ensures that brands scale much faster and at better economies compared to an offline model. Through this program Myntra will help partners to build their brand online through Myntra and Jabong and also leverage data from the 18 million monthly active users to get insights on customer behavior and product assortments.

  • The Simpsons and Family Guy come together

    The Simpsons and Family Guy come together

    MUMBAI: Someone once said that it is always exciting to meet someone new, regardless of the outcome. However, the meeting that is being proposed here will have some very exciting outcomes indeed. Television viewers are going to have a treat when two cartoon shows will come together for one episode to be called ‘The Simpson Guy’.

     

    The episode featuring the Simpson family will be a special one in The Family Guy series where the Griffins will take a road trip to Springfield and end up meeting The Simpsons family.

     

    Fox announced that the episode which will be aired in autumn 2014 will have the five voice actors of the Simpson family lending their voices for ‘The Simpson Guy’. The chemistry between the two suburban families will spark off well, as per them, with Stewie taking to Bart’s jokes and the two housewives to bond well. Peter Griffin and Homer Simpson will discuss various types of beers.

     

    Over the years, there have been many instances when the two families have poked fun at each other in their shows but have become amicable now. The Simpsons has just concluded 24 seasons and is the longest running show on Prime Time while The Family Guy is got done with 10 seasons.

     

    The show is sure to generate a lot of buzz among viewers with this mega journey. The biggest winner will be Fox, which is the producer of both shows.